MVV385K Immoral Intellectual Property

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Tobias Endrich (seminar tutor), doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Michal Ježek (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Supplier department: Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVV385K/01: Mon 13. 11. 16:00–17:40 041, Tue 14. 11. 16:00–17:40 041, Wed 15. 11. 16:00–17:40 041, Thu 16. 11. 14:00–15:40 041, 16:00–17:40 041, T. Endrich
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 22/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will introduce participants to intellectual property law. The course will cover the justification and basic subject matter requirements of patent law, trademarks and copyright, before focussing on morality exclusions in each area. Participants will approach the topic from different levels of regulation (international, regional, and national), discuss EU and US (case) law, and compare the different intellectual property rights. The court decisions covered for example concern the patentability of human stem cell technology or the registrability of swear words as trademarks.

Prior knowledge of intellectual property law is not required. Participants should read the indicated core readings before each class. The reading list will also include seminar questions to guide participants through the readings and to structure the seminar discussions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should:
- know the basic structure and justification of different intellectual property rights (patents, copyright, trade marks);
- be able to apply/transfer arguments across national and disciplinary borders;
- be able to interpret subject matter exclusions relating to morality from a teleological, international law and constitutional law perspective.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Patents
  • 3. Trademarks
  • 4. Copyright and Designs
Literature
  • See Teacher's Information for recommended literature.
  • Detailed reading list will be provided in advance (including seminar questions, core readings will be indicated)
Teaching methods
Lecture and discussion
Assessment methods
Attendance and participation; written assignment (short essay on one of the seminar questions)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
Recommended literature (available on KluwerIP):

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO), Introduction to Intellectual Property: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, Alphen an den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2017

KUR, A., SENFTLEBEN, M., European Trade Mark Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press, First Edition, 2017

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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